Rincil-holder



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' A.'P. GILL-ESPIE.

- I PBNGIL'HOLDER. No. 572,632. .Pate-nted Dec. 8, 1896.

ilinewes 'ments in NITED "STATES,

PATENT? ALEXANDER rosrLEY GILLESPIE, OF IQITTSBUR'G," PENNSYLVANIA.

' srnczrrcnrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,632, dated me ber s, 1896.

Application filed December 31, 1895. 'Srial No. 573,887. (NomodeL) I Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in gented ertain newand useful Improvelowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to spring pencil-ho1d- 'ers and to that class thereof which are adapted to be connected with a garment, and especially'with the pocketofi'a vest or awaist coat; and the object of the invention is to provide an eifcctive device of this class which. is simple in construction and operation and comparatively inexpensive. p I H lfhe invention is fully disclosed in the followingspecification, of which ,',the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the figure is a front View of the preferred form. of my improved pencil-holder.

, In the practice of my invention lform. my improved pencil holder from a piece of spring-wire, the central portion of which is 'bent to form a loop A, the ends of the separate sides of the loop being afterward bent overor forward, and each formed into a spiral coil which projects in 'line with or. parallel with the loop A, as shown at B, each of r said spiral'coils being adapted to receive a have a pencil insertedtherea pencil O for to througln encil-IIolders, of which the foL It will be understood that the device iscoiinected with the vest or other garment by means of the loop A, in connection with the spiral coils B, and in this operation .the loop A .is inserted within the-upper vest-pocket, so that-the spiral coils extend downwardly on the outer side of the vest. a

This device constitutes a simple and eifect- 'ivc pencil-holder, and the springaction therer of is such as to securely hold a pencil at all times, and my invention is not limited to the i means for securing the same to the vest or other garment herein described, and I tlierefore reserve the right to make all smphialt-er-v ations in the construction as 'fairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described .my inventi'om it's construction and operation, -I claim as new anddesire to secure byi'Letters Patent Asa new article of manufacture, a pencilholdor consisting of apiece of spring-wire centrally bent to form a loop A, whose separate legs or sides are bent back on each other and twisted-into spiral coils parallel with 'and a close to. the said legs, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that lelaim'the foregoing as my invention I have signed'my name, in presence ofi the subscribing wit'ne dayof November, 1895.

. v ALEXANDER IQS'lLEl' GILLESIIB.

fitnesses: D. GILLESPIE, J. S. YoUNG.,

sses, this 26th. 

